Saw-handle.



No. 684,729. Patented Oct. I5, |90|.

E. F. SHAW.

. SAW HANDLE.

(Application md Aug. 14, 1900. (N o M 0 d e I 2 Sheets-8heet I.

THE uoams PETERS co. Puomumof. WASHINGTON, m c.

No. 634,729. Patented Oct. I5, I901.

E. F. SHAW.

SAW HANDLE.

{ Application filed Aug. 14, 1 .900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormcn.

. EDWIN F. SHAW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY DISSTON & SONS, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SAW-HAN DLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,729, dated. October 15, 1901.

Application filed August 14, 1900. Serial No. 26,868. (No model.)

To aZZ whom i m y 7 7': perforated at c for the screws or rivets which Be it known that I, EDWIN F. SHAW, a citisecure the handle to the saw. zen of the United States, residing in Phila- In order to strengthen the handle and make delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain it rigid, I form on each section A flanges d d,

5 Improvements in Saw-Handles, of which the the flange at extending from the upper edge following is a specification. of the section and the flange 01 extending The object of my invention is to construct from the lower edge of the section. When a substantial saw-handle which can be subthe two sections are secured together, as

jected to dampness and can be sterilized withshown in Fig. 1, the two flanges project from to out danger of warping or splitting. This 010- the upper and lower edges of the handle at ject I attain in the following manner, refereach side, making the handle perfectly rigid, ence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, so thatit will be practically impossible to dein which stroy it by rough usage. Furthermore, the

Figure 1. is a perspective view of my imflanges give a substantial finish to the handle,

[5 proved saw-handle made to be attachedto a and at the same time the handle is comparabutchers saw. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 tively light. is a plan View. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on In some tropical countries the governments 6 5 the line t 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detached percompel the butchers to sterilize all theirbutch= spective View illustrating the two sections of ering implements, and it has been found that 20 the handle. Fig. 6 is a view of my improved the ordinary wooden handles of meat-saws handle shaped to fit an ordinary wood-saw; soon crack and are destroyed by the sterilizand Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 6. ing process, whereas by my improvement the My improved saw handle is preferably entire saw can be sterilized without weakenmade in two sections secured together, each ing the handle, and I have found that the 2 5 section being made of sheet metal, preferably handle constructed in accordance with my insteel, struck up into shape. vention can be used for many other purposes A is the saw-handle, made of two sections where a saw is exposed to dampness and is A A, secured together in the present in subject to rough usage. stance by rivets a. The rivets pass through The design of the saw-handle will depend 3o perforations a in each of the sections, as largely upon the saw to which it is to be atclearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Each tached. section A has an eye (1 forming the hand- I claim as my invention hold B. A rib I) is preferably formed around 1. As a new article of manufacture, a saw the eye 03, so as to give to the handle a smooth handle made of two struck-up sheet-metal sec- 35 finish and at the same time strengthen the tions, each section having one-half of the handle. The portion b of each section A is handhold and an outwardly-extending flange pressed out, so that when the two sections are at the upper edge, and a flange to which the secured together they form a recess 0 for the saw -blade is secured, substantially as de-' reception of the back of the saw or the sawscribed.

40 blade. 2. As a new article of manufacture, a saw The handle shown in the drawings is a handle made of two struck-up sheet-metal secbutchers-saw handle and is shaped to beattions, each section having one half of the d tached to the curved back of the saw, as illushandhold and a flange to which the saw-blade trated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, although it is secured and outwardly-extending flanges 4.5 will be understood that the invention can be along the upper and lower edges, substan= applied to any form of saw. For instance, tially as described.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate a handle to be applied 3. As a new article of manufacture, a saw o to an ordinary wood-saw. The sections are handle made up of two metallic sections se cured together, each section having out- In testimony whereof I have signed my wardly-extending flanges along its upper and name to this specification in the presence of lower edges, a perforated forward flange, and two subscribing witnesses.

a portion pressed out to form one-half of the EDWVIN F. SHA\V. 5 hand'nold, the two halves of the handle abut- Witnesses:

ting at the points where theyare secured to- WILL. A. BARR,

gether, substantially as described. ELIAS H. WHITE. 

